Business and companies

Here, as an entrepreneur in Lund, you will find comprehensive information on what measures for the business community are being taken in the current situation to reduce the negative effects of the corona crisis. As there is great uncertainty and the situation can change quickly, we recommend that you stay updated via the authorities’ websites.

Lunda support - free advice to companies with regard to covid-19

Lunda support offers free advice to businesses and organizations via Lund's major players for innovation and entrepreneurship. At present, the initiative consists of Lund Municipality together with Lund University, Medicon Village, Ideon, Lund's New Entrepreneur Center, Ideon Innovation, Smile Incubator, Ideon Science Park, Win Water Accelerator and Venture Lab. You can reach Lunda support weekdays from 9 am to 4 pm by phone 046-359 90 20 or via e-mail:

Lund Municipality’s One-point entry

Lund Municipality’s One-point entry for business is here to help and navigate you correctly when doing and setting up a business as well as listening to what challenges your business may be facing during the current situation. We are also grateful to receive any information concerning resources that your business may be able to offer in helping with this prevailing situation. If you have any questions or information to give, please e-mail us.

Questions and answers

Below are questions and answers about Lund Municipality’s package of measures to support entrepreneurs.

Questions and answers

Excess staff within affected companies have the opportunity to work in the municipality - how do you report your interest?

Depending on how the corona virus situation develops, the municipality of Lund may have a need for temporary staff and additional staff within a number of occupational groups for a shorter period of time. Read more about how your company can help and how individuals can report an interest, under "Do you want to work with us at Lund Municipality" on the link below.

Food trucks that have been granted a police license to sell food at the municipality's designated food truck locations, are not obliged to pay land leasing fees to the municipality during the period of 1 April to 30 June, 2020. Companies do not need to contact the municipality for an exemption from these fees. The tax exemption is automatically managed by the municipality.

The municipality also plans to increase the number of food truck locations in the city and in the surrounding urban areas. You can direct your questions to Fredrik Gustavsson at the technical administration department at telephone: 046-359 52 29.

Rent reduction for businesses who are tenants of the municipality's properties – how does this work?

Business owners within vulnerable industries, such as restaurants and shops, who rent premises from the municipality are entitled to solicit a rent reduction by 50 percent during the period of 1 April to 30 June, 2020. The request is evaluated on an individual basis and on the initiative of the company.

If you are a tenant of any of the following organizations, please contact your landlord for further dialogue.

Lundafastigheter

Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen

If your company has a sharp decline in operations as a result of the current situation, you may request a break in waste collection from Lund's Waste Management Agency. The interruption is valid for two or four weeks and revised on the next regularly scheduled day of removal.

After the end of the break period, the subscription returns to normal waste removal. If you want a new exemption then you need to reapply.

If you would like to change to a longer interval than what you have today? Please contact Lund's Waste Management Agency at 046-359 53 90 or 046-359 53 91.

Lund Municipality shortens the payment time to its suppliers as long as possible, thus further contributing to strengthening the companies' liquidity.An early payment date applies to non-foreign companies, the state and state authorities, regions and other municipalities as well as wholly and partly-owned municipal companies.

As an entrepreneur and supplier to the municipality of Lund would like a shorter than 30-day payment, contact us at foretagslots@lund.se.

What does extended payment time mean for rents?

The municipality of Lund offers all organizations and companies (legal entities) that rental premises, excluding housing, by the municipality, directly or through any company in the group, an extended payment period / due date on invoices with 90 days.

Those who rent premises via LKF should contact them directly by phone, 046-35 85 00, to request an extended payment period.

Lundafastigheter automatically extends the payment period to 90 days; thereby, anyone who leases a premises through Lundafastigheter does not need to contact the municipality in this matter.

Inspection visits and permit matters – what applies?

The municipality of Lund postpones inspection visits that are not necessary and instead prioritizes business-critical permit and inspection matters, as well as follow up of reported errors.

If any operator wishes to postpone a routine visit, the municipality of Lund will accommodate this request. However, in the future the municipality of Lund will carry out inspections that are considered necessary with regard to public health and environment.

The time for submission of refrigerant reports and environmental reports to the Environmental Administration is extended from the end of March to 15 April.

Inspection fees are postponed – what does this mean?

Lund Municipality has postponed debiting inspection fees for April and May until after the summer.

Invoice for inspection fees for serving licenses will be sent sometime between September and December 2020. The affected license holders will be notified by e-mail during the month of September.

Permit, registration and annual fees for environmental management are also postponed to some extent, depending on the industry. For specific questions, please contact miljoforvaltningen@lund.se.

Extended payment time for invoices and fees – how does it work?

Lund Municipality extends payment time on invoices and fees to 90 days for companies with regard to waste management, as well as within permits and inspection.

The possibility of an extended payment period does not apply to foreign companies, the state and state authorities, regions and other municipalities as well as wholly and partly owned municipal companies.

Invoices that have already expired from the municipality of Lund will not be charged on the payment date issued. The ambition is that 90 days of postponement applies without the entrepreneur having to contact the municipality. No reminders or debt collection claims will be sent to the companies concerned.

Fee waiver for outdoor dining and retail space outdoors – how does this work?

Lund Municipality has introduced a fee waiver for outdoor dining space from now to the end of June 2020. This allows restaurant owners and pubs the opportunity to expand their seating in conjunction with their current serving space.

The measure does not affect police permits, which must be applied for according to the current regulations.

The municipality also offers businesses the opportunity to use space on the street to a certain degree, free of charge where suitable and if possible.

Police permits are always required for both outdoor dining and outdoor displays. Only the municipal fee will be waived during the specified period.

If you have any questions about the set up or extended area for product displays and outdoor dining, please feel free to contact us at foretagslots@lund.se

Free parking and reduced parking fees - what applies?

Free parking

To promote business in the center of Lund, the municipality of Lund is offering free parking from 27 March to 31 May with the possibility of extension by displaying a parking disc.

Free parking is valid for only 2 hours when parking on the street and 4 hours in LKP parking garage Svane on Gasverksgatan.

Parking discs are available at most gas stations. If you cannot obtain a parking disc, then you must write a note stating the time of arrival and put it on the dashboard making it visible.

All places with parking time of 4 hours or less will be changed to 2 hours, after which the car must be moved in order not to incur a fine.

Parking will be monitored as usual by parking attendants. If this measure should lead to traffic disruptions, the police will handle the situation. If necessary, local traffic regulations and rules are changed to adapt to extreme situations.

Lower fees for street parking adjacent to the hospital

Lund Municipality wants to make it easier, especially for people with socially important professions to get to their workplaces; therefore, temporarily reduced the parking fee for street parking within the hospital area to 2 SEK per hour. This applies until 30 June, 2020.

The street parking covered is the street parking between Getingevägen and the P-house Kompassen at Baravägen. Short-term parking, handicap parking and goods loading as well as loading zones are excluded. Current signs visible in these areas apply.

Where can I find more information and guidance?

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